When Congress wrote the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), they did not want to disturb the very large sector of health
For more than 20 years, PNHP’s Senior Health Policy Fellow Don McCanne, M.D. wrote a daily health policy update, taking an excerpt or quote from a health care news story or analysis and commenting on its significance to the single-payer movement.
PNHP has archived Dr. McCanne’s listserv below; to read current daily analysis on a broad range of health justice topics, please visit the McCanne Health Justice Monitor website.
Sen. Coburn and Prof. Feldstein predict single payer
Coburn: Private health insurance may end soonBy Randy KrehbielTulsa WorldOctober 12, 2010"There will be no insurance industry left in three years," Coburn told the Republican
Sen. Coburn and Prof. Feldstein predict single payer
The majority of progressives predict that a single payer system is inevitable because the nation will no longer tolerate the increasing costs of
Prescription abandonment
Pharma Insight 2009Wolters Kluwer Pharma SolutionsSample represents more than 80% of the dispensing activity within the United States for retail prescriptions, inclusive of largest retail
Prescription abandonment
This study covered 80 percent of the retail dispensing activity within the United States. It included patients for whom our health care system
Lessons from Bangladesh
Health System in BangladeshWorld Health Organization(Accessed October 11, 2010)Can a health care system in a transitional society such as Bangladesh provide lessons for a modern
Lessons from Bangladesh
Can a health care system in a transitional society such as Bangladesh provide lessons for a modern industrialized nation like the United States? Well, yes.
Robert Reich: Aftershock
AftershockBy Robert B. ReichPublished 2010 by Alfred A. KnopfIntroductionIn September 2009... Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, assessing what had happened to the United States in the
Robert Reich: Aftershock
The landmark study by Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty has been cited by many in helping to explain what went wrong with our economy.
Our bad habits? Or our health care system?
What Changes In Survival Rates Tell Us About US Health CareBy Peter A. Muennig and Sherry A. GliedHealth AffairsOctober 7, 2010This study provides credible evidence
Our bad habits? Or our health care system?
This study provides credible evidence that lower life expectancy in the United States, when compared to twelve other nations, is not due to
HHS rushes into reform… with expedited waivers!
Statement on the application of medical loss ratio standards to certain health plans under the Affordable Care ActU.S. Department of Health & Human ServicesSeptember 30,